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By Patrick Barkham
LONDON, JAN. 6. A new breed of email scams is exploiting the generosity of people who have rushed online to donate money to the relief effort, an internet watchdog warned last night. The first of the tsunami cons have already hit inboxes around the world. One is a modification of the classic Nigerian scam letter, but another is a more sophisticated operation, in which potential donors receive an email luring them into making donations to a fake website. The watchdog, SurfControl, urged people to use official channels and not to respond to emails asking them to donate money. ``Just as your bank would never email you asking for your account details, people like the DEC are not going to email you asking you for money,'' said Martino Corbelli, marketing director of SurfControl. ``If in doubt, telephone the charity direct and check.'' The first for ``brand-spoofing'', tsunami scam was detected in the U.S. When users open a link to a website where they can supposedly make donations, they unwittingly download a spyware programme, which can give spammers access to confidential data on the victim's hard drive.
- Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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